Kelly Cancer Treatments Delayed A Week

On the day after he was supposed to have started radiation and chemotherapy for cancer in his sinus cavity and at the base of his skull, Lennox Hill Hospital in New York City issued an update on the Bills Hall of Fame former quarterback's condition

Here's their statement

Jim Kelly to Begin Chemo, Radiation Therapy for Oral Cancer Next Week

Surgery for “operable” tumor is also possible but may not be necessary

Mr. Kelly will be receiving a single dose of chemotherapy at Lenox Hill Hospital, along with concurrent daily radiation therapy treatments. The chemotherapy will be repeated as an outpatient in approximately three weeks and six weeks. The radiation therapy will be a six-week regimen carried out at the North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute's Center for Advanced Medicine in Lake Success, NY, which is home to a new $47 million, 30,000-square-foot radiation medicine facility that opened earlier this year.

"At the conclusion of chemotherapy and radiation, we will wait two-to-three months to determine the status of his cancer before deciding if surgery will be necessary," said Dr. Costantino, a leading authority on cranial base tumor surgery and craniofacial reconstruction.

Dr. Costantino noted that Mr. Kelly has not been previously treated with chemotherapy or radiation, so he said he is confident that this current treatment regimen has a good chance of successfully impacting the cancer. "As I have stated previously, Jim Kelly’s condition remains very treatable and potentially curable,” he said. “Even if chemotherapy and radiation are not successful in eradicating the cancer, his skull-base tumor remains operable."